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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
David J. Vaneperen, Appleton, WI (US);
Joseph D. Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Jack L. Couillard, Menasha, WI (US);
Walter A. Mattingly, Appleton, WI (US);
Robert L. Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Heather S. Mortell, Neenah, WI (US);
David J. VanEperen, Appleton, WI (US);
Joseph D. Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Jack L. Couillard, Menasha, WI (US);
Walter A. Mattingly, Appleton, WI (US);
Robert L. Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Heather S. Mortell, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for bonding a strip, such as a leg elastic or the like, to an opening on a web of material. The method includes providing a web that includes at least one opening and defines at least a first bonding surface adjacent each opening. For each opening the method includes: deforming the web to modify the shape of the opening, providing a strip defining a second bonding surface, bonding together at least portions of the first and second bonding surfaces of the modified opening and relaxing the web.